He was promised entry into legend, but not such a flight. Mathieu van der Poel (MVDP) did not crush the pavement of Roubaix by riding like a mixture of bulldozer and ballerina. No, he got high. Like these drones which now allow you to appreciate, just from above, part of the race.
Later, when the Van der Poel family no longer remembers that a distant ancestor was called Raymond Poulidor, there will only be a sublime but dry line left on the list of winners of this Roubaix 2024. Who will not say anything about the wind or the the assortment of dust and wet mud. But who, above all, will forget the way in which the world champion offered himself his second trophy in the shape of a cobblestone.
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